Gods of Egypt

In a different Egypt many years ago, a young, enslaved thief (Brenton Thwaites) meets the defeated god Horus (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and tries to help him get back at his evil uncle (Gerard Butler) who’s stolen the throne. Director Alex Proyas is known for his dark, visual stories, but this adventure involving gods and men faced stiff resistance from critics and accusations of whitewashing characters. Lots of action and grand visual effects in 3D, but rarely engaging and the charm that Proyas seems to be looking for fails to materialize.

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I studied film at Halmstad University and practical filmmaking at the New York Film Academy. Now I’m a critic for the Swedish daily Aftonbladet. Opinions expressed on this personal website are solely mine and not related to Aftonbladet.